Monday, December 3, 2012
The Oswego Education Association will offer a counter proposal at the meeting.
The Oswego 308 School Board and the Oswego Education Association (OEA) will meet Tuesday, Dec. 11, to continue to discuss contract negotiations. OEA president Darla Medernach said at that time the OEA will present a counter proposal, as requested by the school board. The OEA opted not to put the board’s previous proposal to a vote by their membership back on Nov. 16. Want free local news in your inbox every morning? Sign up for our newsletter. The board’s proposal included a .5 percent, 1 percent and 1.5 percent increase over three years on a three-year contract for all teachers with lane increases but no salary step increases. Board President Bill Walsh said in terms of the step increases teachers would still receive that year’s service …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Some classrooms in the district have over 30 students.
With the growth of the Oswego 308 School District, the Board of Education will begin to start looking at classroom sizes and the options available. At the Monday night board meeting, Superintendent Matthew Wendt brought to attention the variety of numbers across the district in terms of students in classes. He mentioned, for example, that two sections of fifth grade at Hunt Club and two sections of kindergarten at Long Beach each had 16 students apiece, while a fifth grade at Churchill and a fourth and second grade at Homestead have between 30 and 33 students each. “Once we get into that 32, 33 category you can imagine the situation we find ourselves in to add the next teacher,” said Wendt. Adding a new teacher to that classroom drops the …
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Oswego School District has paid for three tests on the Boulder Hill school, with three different results, some showing high levels of cancer-causing radon. The board may call for further action at Thursday's special meeting.
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that has been named the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, after smoking. It is colorless, odorless and tasteless, and the only way to know it’s there is to test for it. So when staff at Boulder Hill Elementary School came to the Oswego School District with concerns about radon levels there, that’s exactly what district officials did. And the results of those tests have Oswego School Board members concerned enough that they have called a special meeting for Thursday to determine their next move. According to Kristine Liptrot, the district’s director of communications, at least two employees at Boulder Hill Elementary have contracted some form of cancer. Staff there asked…
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11:07 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
The reason that a bird with its head buried in the sand is used for a cop out is because it is very discriptive. Even with its head in the sand, life goes on, progress happens, things change, towns grow. Oswego has gone from a sleepy little village to a pretty big town in the 40+ years I have lived here. I've seen the growth. In the process of growing, I've been able to meet some real quality … more ›